LATE BREAKING NEWS! Honey Is On Sale UNTIL JUNE 30! OUR ANNUAL FALL HONEY SALE - IN JUNE? FOR 30 DAYS ONLY! ALL HONEY PRODUCTS ARE ON SALE! No - the grapes are not ripe yet and vineyard is not open, but we thought we would put gallons of honey on sale on our website just like we do at our Sales Stand in September. (No quarts during this ...

Spring is here. We just finished installing new honeybee colonies to replace winter loss. (Click on this link to see how we install package bees)

DO I NEED A VET FOR MY BEES?

When I was getting ready to check the bee yards I tried to order some Terramycin an antibiotic that beekeepers have used for the past 50 years to combat American and European Foulbrood. I found that you now need a prescription from a veterinarian to obtain it. At first I thought it was just more big brother interference in our lives - but it was to try to reduce antibiotics in our system.See: beeculture.com/do-i-need-a-vet-for-my-bees/

The image above shows honeybee colonies with supers piled on top - continue the slide show using the arrows to see what is inside. When I start to see yellow sweet clover growing on the side of the road I know it is time to start adding honey supers to the bees. The colonies are starting to build up and the need space to put honey in. We put...

When the grapes are in bloom - It smells wonderful - a very gentle fragrance from all the blossoms. Bloom time varies a lot from Frontenac blooming earlier and the seedless grape seem to be about a week later. Scroll Through the above images . The slideshow starts with Marquis White Seedless grapes at the "Prebloom" stage - the images ad...

May in the Honeybee Yards Mid May is when we check all of our Honeybee yards. They are at various farms and orchards that also sell our honey when they are open in the fall. All the new packages that were installed are checked to see if the queen is laying eggs and usually another brood box is added for them to grow into. The wintered over colonies...

These are honeybees that we purchase to replace winter loss. Package bees were previously ordered and have just arrived in mid April to replace winter loss and add to our surviving colonies. Since we have permanent honeybee yards in various orchards, it is very important to have good colonies during bloom time in spring and summer. The image shows ...